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IMF World Economic Outlook sees growth as sluggish
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on April 13, 2016 in Business - Comments Off on IMF World Economic Outlook sees growth as sluggish
Global growth continues, but at a sluggish pace that leaves the world economy more exposed to risks, says the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook.
The IMF's World Economic Outlook 2016 forecasts global growth at 3.2 per cent in 2016 and 3.5 per cent in 2017, a downward revision of 0.2 per cent and 0.1 per cent, respectively, compared with the January 2016 update.
In a recent speech, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned that the recovery remains too slow, too fragile, with the risk that persistent low growth can have damaging effects on the social and political fabric of many countries.
"Lower growth means less room for error," said Maurice Obstfeld, IMF economic counsellor and director of research. "Persistent slow growth has scarring effects that themselves reduce potential output and with it, demand and investment," he said..
Growth in advanced economies is projected to remain modest at about two per cent, according to the IMF report. The recovery is hampered by weak demand, partly held down by unresolved crisis legacies, as well as unfavorable demographics and low productivity growth.
In the United States, expected growth this year is flat at 2.4 per cent, with a modest increase in 2017. Domestic demand will be supported by improving government finances and a stronger housing market that help offset the drag on net exports coming from a strong dollar and weaker manufacturing.
In the euro area, low investment, high unemployment, and weak balance sheets weigh on growth, which will remain modest at 1.5 per cent this year and 1.6 per cent next year, according to the IMF report.
In Japan, both growth and inflation are weaker than expected, reflecting in particular a sharp fall in private consumption. Growth is projected to remain at 0.5 per cent in 2016 before turning slightly negative to -0.1 per cent in 2017, as the scheduled increase in the consumption tax rate goes into effect.
While emerging markets and developing economies will still account for the lion's share of world growth in 2016, prospects across countries remain uneven and generally weaker than over the past two decades, the IMF said.
The report projects their growth rate to increase only modestly—relative to 2015—to 4.1 per cent this year and 4.6 per cent next year.
The IMF foresees GDP growth of 2.3 per cent for Bulgaria in 2016 and expects the pace of improvement of the economy to remain unchanged in 2017.
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And a chapter comes to an end. The road forks to lead me back home.
Two years of a dream lived. Memories that refuse to get categorized, jump into suitcases, get themselves a ticket and travel with me back. Memories that jerk at my hand and tell me- "Stay back, you moron. We were all born here. We want you to relive those times with us!"
Living life to the hilt, finding new ways of seeing and thinking, growing a whole-new-me from the seed that I was.
I've found many new things- from within the crannies of me, I have discovered strength and spirit, from around-some friends for a lifetime, from the place- a beginning in a journey of knowledge. There has been so much learnt and unlearnt, so much loved and gained, some- lost forever in this place.
Every inch of wall, in my nest of a C-201, has stories to tell. Of tears shed, my tryst with loneliness, fatigue, fear; also in those swirls of red, yellow and blue are many many tales of mirthful evenings, happy movie-watchings, art and poetry, heart to heart talks, dreams dreamt,got and lost, and a gradual growing up I'm slowly sensing within.
I came here a jumping stone trying to be everywhere, dancing with joy. I'm leaving as a more rounded stone, who is aware that she could either be a jewel or a door-stopper, and in this knowledge has slowed down and is looking at herself differently.
A wonderful journey's major part comes to an end. I'm one diploma film away from finishing my course here.
NID has given me wings, I'm going to flap them and try them out. They look shiny, not sturdy yet; they look fancy and pretty, not beautiful yet; but they are my wings all the same. I'm going to try and fly...and yes, fall many times and hurt and cry, but then I'd have still moved a few babyflaps ahead!


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"""Utilities for testing histogram processing."""

import tensorflow as tf

def create_np_histogram(keys, values):
  """Create a numpy dictionary by the input keys and values.

  Args:
    keys: A 1D tensor of tf.string or list of strings containing the keys of the
      histogram.
    values: A 1D tensor or list of ints containing the values of the histogram.

  Returns:
    A numpy dictionary.
  """
  if tf.is_tensor(keys):
    keys = keys.numpy()
  if tf.is_tensor(values):
    values = values.numpy()

  return dict(zip(keys, values))

class HistogramTest(tf.test.TestCase):
  """TestCase for histogram processing."""

  def assert_histograms_all_close(self, x_keys, x_values, y_keys, y_values):
    """Assert two histograms have the same keys, and close values.

    Each histogram is given in the format of two lists: a list of keys
    and a list of values. The keys and values are paired by their indices. The
    order of keys and values could be different in two equivalent input
    histograms.

    Args:
      x_keys: A 1D tensor of tf.string or list of strings containing the keys of
        the second histogram.
      x_values: A 1D tensor or list of ints containing the values of the first
        histogram.
      y_keys: A 1D tensor of tf.string or list of strings containing the keys of
        the second histogram.
      y_values: A 1D tensor or list of ints containing the values of the second
        histogram.

    Raises:
      ValueError: If x and y has different keys, or the value difference for the
      same key is more than the default tolerance in assertAllClose.
    """

    histogram_x = create_np_histogram(x_keys, x_values)
    histogram_y = create_np_histogram(y_keys, y_values)

    self.assertEqual(histogram_x.keys(), histogram_y.keys())
    for key in histogram_x:
      self.assertAllClose(histogram_x[key], histogram_y[key])

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Kali and Debian Linux Distros Land in Windows Store
Microsoft's work with open source continues apace with the arrival of the Kali Linux and Debian GNU/Linux distros to the Windows Store this week.
Both Linux distros use Windows 10's built-in Windows Subsystem for Linux capability, which permits Linux operating systems to run on top of Windows.
In addition to Kali and Debian, the Windows Store has an option for installing Ubuntu Linux, which Microsoft added last year. Microsoft previously has suggested that it was working to bring Fedora and SUSE Linux distros to the store, as well.
Getting the Linux distros takes a few steps. Users first install the optional Windows Subsystem for Linux component on Windows 10. Next, they reboot the system. Lastly, they download and install the Linux distro from the Windows Store. It's possible to run multiple Linux distros side by side simultaneously on Windows 10, according to a past Microsoft description.
Kali Linux is maintained by Offensive Security, a provider of security penetration testing training, and a maintainer of the Exploit Database repository of known software exploits. When run on Windows 10, Kali Linux has "a few drawbacks to running it natively (such as the lack of raw socket support)," Offensive Security explained in a blog post, although it opens up "exciting possibilities," as well.
Helm 3.0
In other open source software news, Microsoft reported progress on work toward Helm 3.0 at last month's first Helm Summit, held in Portland, Ore. Helm is a package manager that runs on a client device for installing and upgrading applications on open source Kubernetes-managed clusters. Helm was built by Deis, a startup company Microsoft acquired after announcing those plans last year.
The Helm Summit event produced requirements for the future development of Helm 3.0 and its Tiller solution that runs on a server. There were also requirements made for improved measurement, indexing and backward compatibility of "Charts," which are Helm packages.
ClearlyDefined Project
Microsoft also this week described its activity with the ClearlyDefined project of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), an organization that promotes open source software development. The ClearlyDefined project aims to help open source software development by clarifying "absences or ambiguities around licensing or known security vulnerabilities" in open source software code, according an OSI announcement. It's a crowd-sourcing approach in which the team members contribute the "licensing and vulnerability data."
Microsoft's Open Source Programs Office is a contributor to the ClearlyDefined project, describing the project's effort as "only just starting." Also an early contributor is the Eclipse Foundation, which is adding its data collected about Java code. Other contributors include Qualcomm, HERE Technologies, Amazon, nexB and Software Heritage, according to OSI's announcement.
Chrome and Windows Clang Support
Also of note this week is an announcement by the LLVM Project that the Google Chrome browser, as of version 64, is now compiled using the Clang open source C++ compiler on Windows. The LLVM Project oversees "reusable compiler and toolchain technologies" for both commercial and open source projects, according to its overview description.
The Google Chrome browser has used Clang for Linux and macOS for a while, but it had been using the C++ compiler on Windows until version 64. Google engineers worked with the LLVM Project on improving Clang support on Windows, starting back in 2013. Microsoft later joined the effort in "mid-2015," according to the LLVM Project's account.
The LLVM Project noted that the Opera browser used on Windows is compiled with Clang, "starting in version 51." Mozilla is currently looking at using the clang-cl interface for Clang for use with the Firefox browser on Windows, as well, according to the announcement.
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André Hanssen (born 31 January 1981 in Tromsø) is a former Norwegian footballer. His former teams are SC Heerenveen and FK Bodø/Glimt.

He received two knee operations in the 2007/08 season to repair damaged cartilages. He returned to training in January 2009, and played half a game for the reserve team on 2 February 2009, and left Heerenveen that summer when his contract was not renewed. On 10 August 2009, he returned to his former Bodø/Glimt, signing a short term contract for the remainder of the season.

On 3 March 2010, Hanssen signed a three-year contract with Strømsgodset IF. He played regularly in the 2010 season, but re-injured his knee and spent the next two seasons almost entirely on the injured list. Because of the persistent injuries, he announced his retirement in June 2012.

Career statistics

Honours
KNVB Cup: 1
 2009

Stromsgodset IF
Norwegian Football Cup:
 2010

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1981 births
Living people
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SC Heerenveen players
Eliteserien players
Eredivisie players
Norwegian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Tromsø
Association football midfielders
SC Heerenveen non-playing staff

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Did you know that July is National Hot Dog Month? It is. Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest happens every July 4th, and a bazillion people break out the dogs and buns at their annual July 4th barbecues. While eating processed meat inside a tube of who-knows-what might not be everybody's favorite treat, let's pay homage where homage is due with a tribute to National Hot Dog Month. See full article.


Feyyaz İmrak, Antalya Province correspondent for the Dicle News Agency (DİHA), is detained by the police in Antalya on February 11 and arrested by the 1st Antalya Court of Penal peace on February 15 with the accusation of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). İmrak is at Antalya Prison, pending trial for no date set.
İmrak is a university student freelancing for DİHA and he was detained alongside other students in scope of a joint anti-terrorism investigation. The testimony of the journalist from the Antalya Chief Prosecutor's Office show İmrak was questioned on the membership of a student association alongside the social gatherings, protests or various events. İmrak denied all ties to PKK and its related organizations in his testimony and stated that he considers them a terrorist group. İmrak states the mentioned student association remained on paper only and was not active as a terrorist front as far as he knows. İmrak also states in his testimony that he was at the certain places he was asked as a journalist, not as a participant. The prosecutor's office asked the journalist about the search of his residence also and journalistic property such as interview notes and photographs taken by İmrak is considered evidence against him.
İmrak denied the accusations against him at the court too, but according to the arrest verdict the Antalya court find there is "reasonable doubt" for arresting him for being member of a terrorist organization. Article 100 of the Turkish Law for Criminal Procedure allows courts to make arrests on "doubts" which is commonly used for journalist arrests.
According to the questioning document from the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office, Tunç was asked about his Facebook and Twitter posts. While the document does not include the details or screen shots of the related posts, Tunç explains the posts in his testimony as his own journalistic work including videos of social protests intervened by the police, other news content uploaded by others and shared by him, personal pictures, personal comments and song lyrics. Tunç said in his prosecutor's testimony: "I am a journalist. I observed the accusations. These are journalistic activities. I did not make propaganda of anyone" and pleaded innocent.
Turkey government insists that there are no journalists in prison who were put behind bars due to their work.
CHP Parliamentary Deputy Aydın Uslupehlivan has asked a parliamentary question to the government about how many journalists are in jail. According to reports from January 6, the Justice Ministry gave the usual answer that there are none and provided a list of terrorism, obtaining secret documents and other charges and convictions against the arrested journalists.
None of the journalists currently jailed in Turkey have been prosecuted due to charges related to their profession, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said.
"There are detained or convicted journalists in prisons in Turkey. There have been judgments made concerning claims about these journalists during both the investigation and trial stages. When I look at the claims made during the investigation stage, there is no journalist prosecuted for reporting in Turkey. When you look at convicted journalists, there is no journalist convicted for reporting either. However, the crimes that are imputed are different crimes," Bozdağ said.
His remarks came after journalists had said appeals for the release of prominent journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who have been jailed on charges of "aiding terrorist organizations," have been constantly refused, while opposition parties have urged the government to try them without placing them in pre-trial detention.
Cumhuriyet daily's editor-in-chief Dündar and Ankara bureau chief Gül were arrested on Nov. 26 on charges of aiding an armed terrorist organization and committing political or military espionage over reports in Cumhuriyet on the interception of trucks belonging to the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). The articles claimed that the trucks, intercepted in January 2014, were shipping weapons to jihadist groups fighting across the border in Syria.
The imprisonment of Dündar and Gül created an outcry inside and outside Turkey, with leading international press organizations alerting the Council of Europe on Turkey's state of media freedom on Nov. 26.
Last week, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said he was "in principle" against arrest pending trial unless absolutely necessary.
"This is a civilized country and my understanding of justice is in line with this. Someone is guilty only after a final verdict is given. There is no need to punish them before the decision is given" Davutoğlu said, while stressing that he "cannot intervene in the judicial process" as that would be a violation of the separation of powers.
(January 11, 2016) Turkey arrested two more Kurdish journalists in the last seven days and detained three more on duty who were later released. Nedim Oruç, reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA) was arrested in Şırnak on January 6 for "propaganda" of a terrorist organization and Rojda Oğuz, reporter for the pro-Kurdish, all female Jin News Agency (JİNHA) was arrested on January 8 in Van for "membership" of a terrorist organization. The journalists, as usual, is accused of being connected to the banned Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK).
Clashes between the security forces of Turkey and Kurdish insurgents at urban areas have been ongoing for months; adding up causalities from both sides alongside civilians as documented by local and international human rights groups. CPJ observed Kurdish journalists operating at hot zones have been targeted by authorities.
Oruç was taken into custody by force and beaten during the apprehension from his home according to eyewitnesses cited in the related reports of DİHA. Oruç was detained with dozens of other people in scope of door to door operations the police have been practicing recently and his whereabouts were unknown before the incident turned into a trending topic on twitter and other journalists put pressure on the authorities by making telephone calls. The journalist's camera, computer and handwritten notes were confiscated by the police and he was questioned about those. Kunur defended himself by saying he was there to report the clashes and recorded the people digging trenches to avoid the authorities entering the area. According to Konur's testimony he went to a relative's house in the neighborhood when the clashes intensified and he was taken into custody from there. The journalist was transferred from the prosecutor's office with a demand of arrest with both "membership" and "propaganda" charges. The Silopi Court of Penal Peace decided that there is not enough evidence for "strong reasonable doubt" on membership but arrested him on the propaganda accusation. He is at Şırnak Prison, pending trial.
Oğuz is a university student alongside being a reported of JİNHA and was detained alongside other students according to the reports of the agency. She was questioned about her social media posts which included news from JİNHA and some demonstrations she had attended which she has stated that she was there to cover the events as a journalist as her police questioning documents inspected by CPJ show. Oğuz also denied being at some of these demonstrations at all. The journalist is also questioned about phone recordings she has made from her cellphone, which were tapped in by the police. These phone recordings were used as evidence that Oğuz was in connection of a student organization in connection with outlawed Kurdish movements but Oğuz denies such a connection. There is also the testimony of a secret witness about her being involved with terrorist activities which has been used against the journalist The Van 2nd Court of Penal Peace decided that the social media posts, phone recordings, the presence at demonstrations and the secret witness testimony were sufficient for "strong reasonable doubt" for the accusation of membership and arrested her. She is at Van prison, pending trial.
Bianet reported on January 21: "DİHA reporter İdris Yılmaz arrested as he was following up report in Van has been released by the court pending a trial from the case he was being tried over "Propagandizing for [illegal] organization" Yılmaz will be tried without arrest for the "propaganda" and "insulting" the president charges.


Coalitions, particularly ones where diverse groups don't have a lot in common, are difficult to sustain. Sure, these groups are currently united in their general hostility toward racial and ethnic minorities- and their right to share their concerns over an increasingly diverse country. But, as with other movements, these groups will find that more divides them then binds them together. Factions will rise and the loose coalition of groups will fall.
Despite the potential gains and minimized costs, not all state-based policymakers should pursue constitutional amendments as legislative goals. Constitutional amendments require significant time and political capital to ensure success. Policymakers that do not expect reelection, therefore should avoid this process. Instead these legislators should use what little political capital they have to quickly enact general legislation in an attempt to codify their own policy preference rather than be subject to the preferences of those that will replace them.
Once we were able to get tenants to meet in a town hall style meeting. We explained the issues at hand in their apartments and were able to tell them that they had a right to a rent refund, a rent reduction and a properly rent stabilized lease. If they agreed to receive legal support free of costs, I would meet up with multiple lawyers and help draft a complaint to the judges.
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So preemption is "good" if you agree with the legislature, but it is not if you disagree. This ignores the implications of preemption for democratic governance. We often view local decision making as the ideal. Local governments are closest to home and represent local decisions most clearly.
All that said, it's difficult to know whether we will be worse off on average if Congress eliminates the current 401(k) tax benefit, since any cost-benefit analysis depends on largely unknown future tax rates. Moreover, this is just a small part of a broader plan we haven't seen yet, and so it's best to withhold judgement until we can make a fair comparison between a final plan and current tax policy.
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In this guest column, we embrace the other function, namely that nonprofits serve as a venue for people who share particular community values to gather and jointly articulate those values. For us to understand this expressive function, we first need to unpack our taken-for-granted labels for these organizations. Why, for example, do we name these organizations for what they are not – nonprofit or nongovernmental – rather than what they are or what they do?


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West London Chess Club
British Chess Centre
Famous Players
Past locations
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News item 1
Much of the reference material comes from the British Chess Magazine, but the BCM publication nearly came to an early end. The following excerpt is taken from the "Half a Century Back" article about "Chess in 1920" [16]:
At the beginning of 1920 the American Chess Bulletin sorrowfully announced the demise of the "B.C.M." after its run of 39 years. This obituary was, as Mark Twain once said of a similar report concerning himself, greatly exaggerated. There is no doubt, however, that this was the greatest crisis in the history of the magazine. When the January number did belatedly appear it came from a new publisher, Walbrook & Co. Ltd., with a new editor, R.C. Griffith, joint author of the original "M.C.O." His team consisted of Sir George Thomas (games), B.G. Laws (problems), C.E.C. Tattersall (endings), R.H.S. Stevenson (British news), and P.W. Sergeant (foreign news). By mid-year Griffith had also taken over the endgame section. No reason was given for Tattersall's disappearance but failing health was the probable explanation. He lived on for many years but was not able to undertake public work.
Sales in January and February were so low that the management drastically reduced its printing, only to find that its desperate appeals for support had borne unexpected fruit, with the result that many new subscribers had to go without the March number. In the end 1920 turned out to be something of a triumph for the new team, for subscriptions climbed from 550 to top the thousand - not including copies sold over the counter - before the end of the year. ...
It is gratifying to know that WLCC members helped continue a publication that would later become instrumental in the reconstruction of its own history.
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Q: add/remove c# event handlers with a single method Is there a way to add  and remove event handlers in c# by passing the operators += and -= as arguments, so a single method could do it?
I am trying to avoid the repetitive:
AttachHandlers()
{
   event1 += handler1;
   event2 += handler2;
   // etc...
}

DetachHandlers()
{
   event1 -= handler1;
   event2 -= handler2;
   // etc...
}

or
AttachDetachHandlers(bool attach)
{
   if (attach)
   {
     event1 += handler1;
     event2 += handler2;
   // etc...
   }
   else
   {
     event1 -= handler1;
     event2 -= handler2;
   }
}

Instead, I would like to write something like this:
AttachDetachHandlers(operator addRemove)
{
  addRemove(event1, handler1);
  addRemove(event2, handler2);
  // etc...
}

being used with something like:
AttachDetachHandlers(+=);

Ideally it should work with event & handlers having different signatures (just like += & -= do).

A: You can try this:
    public static void Attach<T>(ref EventHandler<T> a, EventHandler<T> b)
    {
        a += b;
    }

    public static void Detach<T>(ref EventHandler<T> a, EventHandler<T> b)
    {
        a -= b;
    }

    public static void AttachDetachHandlers<T>(Action<ref EventHandler<T>, EventHandler<T>> op)
    {
        op(ref event1, handler1);
        op(ref event2, handler2);
        //etc...
    }

Then use like this:
        AttachDetachHandlers<int>(Attach);
        //...
        AttachDetachHandlers<int>(Detach);

A: Use this sample code. But notice that the signature of event handlers must be the same.
class Program
{
    delegate void dlgHandlerOperation<T>(ref EventHandler<T> Event, EventHandler<T> Handler);

    static void SetHandler<T>(ref EventHandler<T> Event, EventHandler<T> Handler) { Event += Handler; }
    static void UnsetHandler<T>(ref EventHandler<T> Event, EventHandler<T> Handler) { Event -= Handler; }

    static void SetAll(dlgHandlerOperation<int> Op)
    {
        Op(ref ev, foo);
        Op(ref ev, bar);
    }

    static event EventHandler<int> ev;

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        SetAll(SetHandler);
        ev?.Invoke(null, 5);

        SetAll(UnsetHandler);
        ev?.Invoke(null, 6);
    }

    static void foo(object sender, int e) { Console.WriteLine("foo => " + e); }
    static void bar(object sender, int e) { Console.WriteLine("bar => " + e); }
}

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The West Australian Football Commission's Multicultural Program aims to introduce young people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to Australian Football.
Through consultation and collaboration with schools, community football clubs, local government, refugee and migrant service providers we engage new and emerging families in a traditional structured sport which involves not only the children through participation but also embraces other family members through coaching, sports training, umpiring and volunteer roles.
The program's main objective is to facilitate club registrations through initiatives tailored for culturally and linguistically diverse young people.
Exposure programs to assist new and emerging communities connect with the wider community have been conducted in Intensive English Centres, English Second Language schools, mainstream schools, non-government organisations & government organisations since the programs launch in the South Fremantle District in 2005.
The West Australian Football Commission would like to thank the West Australian Government - Department of Sport and Recreation for their continual support of the program.


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Q: SQL: Hierarchical query with multiple roots / parents I have a table describing elements organized in a tree-like structure:
ID, PARENT_ID, NAME
0   null       TOP
1   0          A
2   0          B
3   0          C
4   1          AA
5   2          BA
6   3          CA
7   6          CAA
...

There can be many levels in this hierarchy.
Suppose there is a list of elements (say IDs 2 and 3) for which I would like to get all child records from the table.
Something like this:
select *
from MY_TABLE
start with PARENT_ID in (2,3)
connect by PARENT_ID = prior ID

will return:
ID, PARENT_ID, NAME
5   2          BA
6   3          CA
7   6          CAA

However, I want the each output record to be mapped to the original parent from my list (2,3) so that the output would look like this:
ORIGINAL_PARENT_ID, ID, PARENT_ID, NAME
2                   5   2          BA
3                   6   3          CA
3                   7   6          CAA

How can it be done?

A: connect_by_root may be what you're after?
SQL> select t.*, connect_by_root parent_id as ORIGINAL_PARENT_ID
  2  from MY_TABLE  t
  3  start with PARENT_ID in (2,3)
  4  connect by PARENT_ID = prior ID
  5  /

        ID  PARENT_ID NAM ORIGINAL_PARENT_ID
---------- ---------- --- ------------------
         5          2 BA                   2
         6          3 CA                   3
         7          6 CAA                  3

A: Assuming your names are really as you have them, then the problem can be done without connect by.  You can use simple string manipulation.
with ToFind (
    select 'C' as parent from dual union all
    select 'B' as parent from dual
   )
select t.*
from t join
     ToFind tf
     on t.name like tf.parent, 100)||'%' and t.name <> tf.parent


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The California Court of Appeal has issued the first published opinion interpreting California Senate Bill 35's (SB 35) new laws that streamline the approval of much-needed housing projects. Under SB 35, qualifying housing projects are eligible for ministerial review, which can reduce entitlement processing times by months if not years.
In Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley (Cal. Ct. App., April 20, 2021, No. A159218 [2021 WL 1541065]), the Court of Appeal considered two circumstances that usually render a project ineligible for streamlined review: (1) situations where a project destroys a historic resource; and (2) situations where a project consists of a mix of uses, and the residential component is not large enough to qualify as a "housing" project. In this case, the City argued the project would result in the destruction of the West Berkeley Shellmound, an important cultural resource.
The Court of Appeal determined the project was eligible for SB 35 processing and rejected the City of Berkeley's contentions, holding:
a) Housing projects only are ineligible where the project would potentially destroy a historic "structure," whereas the Shellmound was a "site;"
b) The project was a residential housing project because, though it did contain a commercial component, it complied with a provision in SB 35 that requires two-thirds of the floor area in mixed-use projects be dedicated to residential uses;
c) That an assembly bill adopted while the case was pending, which requires consultation with California Native American tribes "traditionally and culturally affiliated with the geographic area," did not apply retroactively to project applications considered previously to the bill's adoption; and
d) That insofar as an agency can reject an SB 35 application for failure to meet objective zoning standards, rules concerning mitigations fees do not qualify as "standards" and, to the extent a standard is cited, it cannot be a guideline, and the threshold at issue and its enforceability must be clear.
On April 20, 2021, the California Court of Appeal issued the first published opinion interpreting new housing streamlining laws that were adopted in 2017 by California Senate Bill 35. ("SB 35;" effective January 1, 2018, adding section 65913.4 to the Government Code.3; Stats. 2017, ch. 366, § 3.) In Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley (Cal. Ct. App., April 20, 2021, No. A159218), the Court of Appeal reversed a lower court decision that found a development project at 1900 4th Street in the City of Berkeley was ineligible for SB 35 streamlining.
The development, which would include 135 apartments and more than 33,000 square feet of retail space, attracted significant controversy because the project site encompassed a sacred Native American burial site known as the West Berkeley Shellmound. Designated as a city landmark, the Shellmound might date back as far as 3,700 B.C.E. Beginning in the 19th Century, local development resulted in the destruction of much of the Shellmound, and no parts of the Shellmound remain visible above ground today. Shellmound materials were scattered throughout the area as agricultural fertilizer and used for road-building and paving.
In 2018, project developers submitted an application to the City of Berkeley pursuant to SB 35. In their application, the developers noted that 50 percent of the residential units would be deed-restricted for occupancy by low-income households. Berkeley planning officials determined that the project was ineligible for streamlining under SB 35 because the project could potentially destroy a historic structure (i.e., the Shellmound). The City also determined that state streamlining provisions did not apply because: (1) SB 35 unlawfully infringed upon local historical preservation authority; (2) the zoning designation for the site made the project ineligible for streamlining; (3) and the project did not comply with objective zoning standards, providing a separate ground for determining the project failed to qualify for streamlining. The Court of Appeal ultimately rejected all of the City's arguments and ordered the trial court to issue a writ of mandate directing the City to approve the developers' SB 35 application.
SB 35's Streamlining Procedures for Housing Projects
SB 35's streamlining procedures established a ministerial approval process for certain affordable housing projects when a local government has failed to provide its share of regional housing needs. (Gov. Code, § 65913.4, subd. (a)(4)(A).) When a proposed development satisfies all of the objective planning standards enumerated in SB 35, the development is eligible for the streamlined approval process, which limits local governments from exercising their discretion to condition a project and requires them to make decisions within 150 to 270 days of application submission (i.e., 60-90 days for the agency to determine an application is eligible; then 90-180 days to make a final determination on the project).
These streamlining procedures include several notable exceptions. Specifically, SB 35 cannot be used when "[t]he development would require the demolition of a historic structure that was placed on a national, state, or local historic register." (Gov. Code, § 65913.4, subd. (a)(7)(C).) Furthermore, the streamlining procedures only apply to residential projects where "at least two-thirds of the square footage of the development is designated for residential use." (Id. at subd. (a)(2)(C).) Both of these exceptions were a key focal point for the SB 35 application at issue in the Ruegg & Ellsworth case, though the law contains a range of other exceptions that may be applicable to other development projects.
Development at the Shellmound Site
The Court of Appeal analyzed whether the project would involve the demolition of a "historic structure" that would make the project ineligible for SB 35 streamlining. The Court of Appeal noted that the text of SB 35 applies to historic "structures," not "resources" or "sites," and the Court opined that "[t]he Legislature is certainly aware of the distinctions between these terms." (Slip Opinion [Slip Op.] at p. 29.) The Court of Appeal found that "[w]ithout question, the Shellmound is an important historical and cultural resource," but there was "no evidence in the record that the Shellmound is now present on the project site in a state that could reasonably be viewed as an existing structure, nor even remnants recognizable as part of a structure." (Slip Op. at p. 31.) The Court found that the Shellmound was "not a structure per se but a site," and that SB 35's historic structure exception "is for a 'structure' placed on a historical register, not a site where a structure once existed." (Slip Op. at pp. 31-32.) Accordingly, the Court held that the City should not have denied the developers' SB 35 application on the ground that the Shellmound was a historic structure.
Retroactive Approval of SB 831
While the Ruegg & Ellsworth case was pending in Court, the Legislature adopted Assembly Bill No. 831 ("AB 831"), which amended SB 35's streamlining provisions by requiring local governments to engage in "scoping consultation" with California Native American tribes "traditionally and culturally affiliated with the geographic area," if requested by such a tribe upon notice of the intended project application. (Gov. Code, § 65913.4, subd. (b); Stats. 2020, ch. 166, § 3, eff. Sept. 25, 2020; Stats. 2020, ch. 194, § 1.5, eff. September 28, 2020.) As the Court of Appeal noted in its opinion, "[t]hese amendments, in effect, permit a tribe to insist that a proposed project go through the standard discretionary review process, requiring compliance with the [California Environmental Quality Act] and its provisions for tribal consultation (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21080.3.1, 21080.3.2) that would be avoided under the ministerial approval process." (Slip Op. at pp. 29-30.)
The Confederated Villages of Lisjan, a Native American tribe representing "the rights of Ohlone people of the East Bay Area," intervened in the case and argued that AB 831 applied retroactively to the project at issue in this case. The Court of Appeal rejected this argument and held that it would be "manifestly unfair" to apply AB 831 retroactively to projects that satisfied all SB 35 criteria prior to the effective date of AB 831 but were erroneously denied by a local government. (Slip Op. at p. 35.) According to the Court of Appeal, the fact that "the Legislature allowed for some projects to proceed despite not having been subjected to tribal consultation with respect to potentially threatened cultural resources does not mean the Legislature intended to 'deprive' tribes of protections, only that it was also accounting for the interests of those who relied upon [SB 35] prior to Assembly Bill 831's effective date." (Slip Op. at p. 38.)
The Court of Appeal ultimately held that AB 831 does not apply retroactively to projects that "should have received ministerial approval" under SB 35 (i.e., projects for which "the agency lacks discretion to withhold its approval") prior to the effective date of AB 831. (Slip Op. at pp. 35-36.) The Court did not address the question of whether AB 831 applies to SB 35 applications that were pending prior to the effective date of AB 831 but had not been approved (or erroneously denied). However, California courts have generally held that the mere submission of a planning application does not confer the right to proceed under laws in effect at the time of the submission. (See generally Toigo v. Town of Ross (1998) 70 Cal.App.4th 309, 321-322; but see also, e.g., Gov. Code, § 65589.5, as amended by Senate Bill 330 (2019) [allowing certain development projects to proceed under ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect when a preliminary application was submitted]; Gov. Code, § 66498.1, subd. (b) [once a tentative vesting map is approved or conditionally approved, the developer may proceed with development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies, and standards in effect on the date that the developer's application for a tentative vesting map was deemed complete].)
Home Rule Issues
The City of Berkeley also argued that SB 35 impermissibly infringed upon its local historical preservation authority. The Court of Appeal rejected this argument, noting that "the constitutionality of [SB 35] does not turn on there being a statewide interest in limiting local historical preservation authority but rather on whether the statewide interest in increasing affordable housing sufficiently justifies the legislation's impact on that authority." (Slip Op. at p. 43.) The Court held that "the City's ability to exercise discretion over development on a City landmarked site directly interferes with the purpose of [SB 35] to the extent an affordable housing project on this site would otherwise meet the criteria for ministerial approval." (Slip Op. at p. 43.) Therefore, to the extent that these interests conflicted, the Court held that SB 35 superseded the City's local historical preservation authority.
The Court of Appeal also addressed the City's argument that SB 35 impermissibly interfered with the City's home rule authority to regulate commercial uses. The City's municipal code requires a discretionary use permit when the retail space in a mixed-use development comprises 20,000 square feet or more. (See Berkeley Mun. Code, § 23E.64.030.) The project at issue, in this case, exceeded that threshold. Because SB 35 provides for a ministerial approval process, the City argued that "it interferes with charter cities' traditional land use authority to determine whether particular commercial uses should be subject to appropriate conditions of approval such as security measures, hours of operations, noise restrictions, light pollution, and emissions controls." (Slip Op. at pp. 56-57.) The Court of Appeal rejected this argument and held that SB 35 "does not unduly interfere with the City's land use authority." (Slip Op. at p. 58.) The Court noted that any interference with local regulation of commercial uses "incidental to [SB 35]'s purpose of facilitating development of affordable housing" and that "nothing in [SB 35] requires or allows ministerial approval of a development that includes commercial uses conflicting with local zoning." (Slip Op. at p. 57.) The Court also observed that SB 35 did not exempt the project's future commercial tenants from permit and licensing requirements for their operations. (Slip Op. at pp. 57-58.)
Application of SB 35 to Mixed-Use Projects
The Court of Appeal also rejected the City's argument that SB 35 only applies to mixed-use sites where local zoning provisions require a minimum of two-thirds of the site to be dedicated to residential use. Specifically, the City argued that a project might only invoke SB 35's streamlining procedures when the project is located on a site with a general plan or zoning designation "mandating that at least two-thirds of the square footage of any development [at the site] be designated for residential use." (Slip Op. at p. 51.) The City's argument was based on a provision in SB 35 that, at the time of the administrative and trial court proceedings, read as follow:
"The development [must be] located on a site that satisfies all of the following: [¶] . . . [¶] A site that is zoned for residential use or residential mixed-use development, or has a general plan designation that allows residential use or a mix of residential and nonresidential uses, with at least two-thirds of the square footage of the development designated for residential use."
That statutory provision has now been amended to state that "[t]he development and the site on which it is located [must] satisfy all of the following . . . ." (Gov. Code, § 65913.4, subd. (a)(2)(C) [emphasis added].) The trial court agreed with the City and ruled that SB 35 places "restrictions as to sites on which a project can be located and still be eligible for SB 35 streamlined approval," and SB 35 limits streamlined approval to projects on "mixed-use sites which require minimum two-thirds residential use." (Slip Op. at p. 47.) According to the trial court, the "context and structure" of the statutory text "indicate that the two-thirds proviso is part of a restriction on 'the site' rather than the development project itself." (Slip Op. at p. 47, fn. 26.)
The Court of Appeal disagreed and held that the City's interpretation of SB 35 was not supported by the plain text of the statute, which "consistently uses 'the development' to refer to the project that is the subject of an application for ministerial approval," rather than the site on which the development is located (Slip Op. at p. 51.) The Court of Appeal concluded that the "two-thirds" requirement, therefore, applies to the project that is the subject of the application rather than the site. Here, the project satisfied this requirement: approximately 88 percent of the project's floor area would be devoted to residential uses (254,888 gross square feet of the project's total 286,809 square feet).
The Court also noted that the City's interpretation "would discourage development of affordable housing by limiting the applicability of the streamlined approval process to projects on sites with a minimum residential requirement for mixed-use developments even if the development itself is at least two-thirds residential." (Slip Op. at p. 52.) The Court also observed that the City's interpretation "would make the proposed project ineligible for ministerial approval despite it being 88 percent residential and located on a site zoned for mixed uses." (Slip Op. at p. 52.)
Project Consistency with Objective Zoning Standards
Finally, the Court of Appeal found that the City improperly rejected the SB 35 application on the ground that the project conflicted with objective zoning standards. The City claimed that the project failed to comply with affordable housing mitigation fee requirements, but the Court of Appeal held that the fee requirements were not an objective standard. The Court noted that SB 35 "requires ministerial approval for a project meeting the specified objective planning standards, and a mitigation fee is not a standard." (Slip Op. at pp. 60-61.)
The Court also held that the City improperly denied the SB 35 application on the grounds that the project did not comply with objective standards for traffic impacts. In its letter denying the SB 35 application, the City informed the developers that the project " 'potentially' conflicted with the 'objective standards' that it '[b]e capable of meeting any applicable performance standards for off-site impacts' and '[n]ot exceed the amount and intensity of use that can be served by available traffic capacity and potential parking supply.' " (Slip Op. at p. 64.) The Court held that the City "made no mention of any specific criterion for measuring traffic impacts" in its letter denying the application, and the City, therefore, failed to comply with SB 35's requirement that a local government provides "written documentation of which standard or standards the development conflicts with." (Slip Op. at p. 65.) The City provided a supplemental letter, which cited a portion of the project's environmental impact report and referenced potential inconsistencies with the City's "Traffic Guidelines." However, the Court held that this supplemental letter "came too late to allow appellants to attempt to address the asserted conflict," and even if the letter was timely, the Traffic Guidelines do not provide objective development standards because the Guidelines "leave room for interpretation – and discretion" when they are applied on a case-by-case basis. (Slip Op. at pp. 65-66).
Implications for Future Projects
Local governments will likely continue to see a steady stream of SB 35 applications in the years ahead. Both developers and local governments should pay careful attention to the specific SB 35 application requirements and potential exceptions. Ruegg & Ellsworth highlights that this highly nuanced law continues to evolve. It is important for planners and legal practitioners to be aware of all of the latest developments.
If you have questions about SB 35 and how it may apply to your projects and/or strategic planning, please reach out to Hanson Bridgett's Land Use team.
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The Brontës and their garden
Susannah Fullerton March 5, 2015
"There is not a knoll of heather, not a branch of fern, not a young bilberry leaf, not a fluttering lark or linnet, but reminds me of her" wrote Charlotte Brontë, of sister Emily after her death.
Haworth Parsonage, home of the Brontë family
In 1820 a man called Patrick Brontë took on the position of curate in the village of Haworth in Yorkshire. He moved to the house (which had been built in 1779) with his wife Maria, and their children Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Patrick, Emily and the newly born Anne. Less than a year and a half after the move, Maria Brontë died, leaving her grieving husband to cope with six small children. Her sister Elizabeth Branwell had come up from Cornwall to help with the nursing of the invalid – she stayed on in Haworth for the rest of her life to assist in bringing up her nieces and nephew. In 1825 there was more tragedy for the family, when Maria and Elizabeth died within weeks of each other from TB.
The garden at Haworth Parsonage, home of the Brontës
Haworth Parsonage was to be the home of the remaining members of the family for the rest of their lives. There were times spent away from home – when the girls took on jobs as governesses, when Charlotte and Emily went to Brussels to further their own educations, and when Branwell found work as a tutor or a railway clerk, but it was the parsonage that was always 'home', a much loved spot on the edge of their beloved moors. The windows of the house look onto the graveyard and church, and just outside the garden walls is a path leading up onto Haworth Moor.
The novels that the Brontë sisters wrote are famed for their wonderful descriptions of the moors, the wild landscapes where they loved to walk. However, Yorkshire weather being what it is, it was not always possible to venture far afield, and then they had to make do with walks in the garden. When away from home and unhappily employed as governesses, the sisters often escaped to gardens for some relaxation. In Brussels Charlotte loved the gravel walks of the walled garden of the Pensionnat Heger and wrote of it in her novel Villette:
"The turf was verdant, the gravelled walks were white; sun-bright nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. There was a large berceau, above which spread the shade of an acacia; there was a smaller, more sequestered bower, nestled in the vines which ran all along a high and grey wall, and gathered their tendrils in a knot of beauty, and hung their clusters in loving profusion about the favoured spot where jasmine and ivy met and married them."
A small flower border under the windows at Haworth Parsonage, home of the Brontës
The Brontës were not rich and so needed to be practical about what grew in their garden at Haworth. Blackcurrant bushes provided fruit for pies and preserves. Under the windows was a small flower border with hardy plants such as lilacs and elder bushes growing there. A gravel walk went through the garden, which Mr Brontë refused to have paved as he was certain it would be more slippery in frosts. Emily was the sister most interested in the garden – she regarded the blackcurrant bushes as her property, and was grateful when Charlotte's friend Ellen Nussey sent her seeds for crimson cornflowers and Sicilian peas.
A simple garden surrounds the "square grassed plot" at Haworth Parsonage, home of the Brontës
Charlotte loved painting flowers, but seems to have had little interest in trying to grow any. She also seems to have disapproved of "highly cultivated" gardens. So the Haworth parsonage had a simple garden, consisting mainly of the "square grassed plot" described by Elizabeth Gaskell in her biography of Charlotte. Their love of plants comes through more strongly in the novels that it did in the real life garden – primroses, rose-briar, lavender, lilac, mosses, ferns, bay trees, heather, box, hawthorn, honeysuckle, daisies, bluebells, thrift, snowdrops and roses are all plants mentioned in their works.
Today the garden at Haworth still needs to be 'hardy'. Thousands of visitors pass through it each year. The front garden remains modest, with shrubs and plants that would have been familiar to the sisters.
Graveyard gate through which the Brontës passed
On either side of the gate leading to the church are two pine trees, said to have been planted by Charlotte and her husband Arthur Bell Nicholls just after they returned from their honeymoon. A plaque records the fact that this is the gate passed through by Emily and Charlotte on their last sad journey, from home to burial in the Haworth church. In the back garden is a bronze statue of the famous sisters created by Jocelyn Horner.
In 2012 a garden inspired by the Brontës and their Yorkshire landscape was entered in the Chelsea Flower Show. It won a gold medal!
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About Susannah Fullerton
Susannah Fullerton is President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia and Patron of the Kipling Society of Australia. She has published several books about Jane Austen, including 'Jane Austen and Crime', 'A Dance with Jane Austen' and 'Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice'. She leads very popular literary tours to the UK, France and USA, and gives talks about famous writers, their lives, works and gardens, around Australia. She is also available as a speaker on famous writers and their gardens and can offer the following topics: 'Jane Austen and her Gardens' 'Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of Sissinghurst', 'William Wordsworth – Poet and Landscape Gardener', 'Rudyard Kipling and the Glory of the Garden'. To book a talk for your next garden society event (in or around Sydney), contact Susannah Fullerton
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Financial close for the project was reached on Oct. 25, EDF said in a press release. The installation was selected in Round 2 of Egypt's FIT scheme and will sell power to local utility Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) under a 25-year contract.
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Incoming freshmen will now have the opportunity to begin college life residing in Poyda Hall with other first-year students and experience the activities and amenities it has to offer.
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Poyda Hall gets a fresh start with freshmen
By Alex Zdatny
This fall, the first year student experience will change as Poyda Hall joins Conover Hall as an all freshman residence.
Poyda will be experiencing many changes next year, according to Cindy Threatt, associate dean for residential programs.
"When we had groups of freshmen in an upperclassmen building, those freshmen really struggled," Threatt said.
Freshmen found it difficult to make connections in these cases, and the primary goal was to avoid this by creating more freshman centers, Threatt said.
Amy LoSacco, the current residence director of Poyda, agrees that placing freshmen together would be beneficial for their first year of college.
"I personally believe that first-year students should be with other first-year students, just because it helps them," she said.
Next year, Poyda will feature two learning communities that will bring in more of a focus to work with the students, according to Threatt.
"Poyda will be able to have the [Bonner] community service program and we are also gaining a psychology learning community," LoSacco said. "We're looking to bring faculty members into Poyda and looking to have members from psychology and community services to do office hours."
The building offers a multitude of benefits, including the fact that the fourth floor is already all freshmen, Threatt said.
Poyda has other attributes that allow students to socialize more easily.
"We have good space for events outside," LoSacco said. "We have two huge lounges. There are a lot of benefits that Conover is not able to have just because of the placement."
In addition to the building's amenities, it also provides convenience.
"First-year students will enjoy living in Poyda because it has its own parking lot out back which is convenient for those who are bringing their cars to campus," Poyda resident and freshman accounting major Megan Scott said.
Students who are looking into Greek Life will not have to walk far since Poyda is so close to the fraternities and sororities, said freshman radio and television major, and Poyda resident Sammie Dinon.
Poyda's proximity to Greek Life may "open the door to an organization that they might be interested in joining," LoSacco said.
Incoming students who need advice on how to adjust to college life will be able to receive it from more experienced students.
"We might have some upperclass peer mentors coming in who will mentor the first year students—not RAs but a different leadership position," LoSacco said.
While many complain about Poyda's location, it allows for plenty of room for recreational activities including a volleyball court and prime relaxing locations that will be open to all students.
The response from students about the adjustment has been mostly positive, according to Threatt.
"We shopped it around with students and honestly got a lot of positive feedback," she said. "Poyda seemed like a really good location."
Since Poyda is close to the academic buildings, mainly Fine Arts, it provides lots of access to educational facilities for students in the Liberal Arts programs.
Some residents who will be future sophomores and upperclassmen will greatly miss Poyda, both for its location and its convenience.
"I'm going to miss Poyda because this is where I started and I may not be able to live here ever again," freshman elementary education and English major Alyssa DiFlora said.
Poyda will create a good opportunity to meet other freshmen and will offer more of a collaboration between buildings, Threatt said.
"We absolutely will see Poyda be more successful, not only because of student satisfaction but student retention," Threatt said.
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Wilson Joins Motionless in White and Atreyu on "The Spring 2019 Invasion Tour"
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR UPCOMING TOUR DATES HERE
Detroit's Wilson have just announced they will be joining Motionless In White and Atreyu on "The 2019 Spring Invasion Tour". The band will be hitting the road starting on April 15th in Pensacola, FL and wrapping on May 9th in Knoxville, TN. Following their tour with Motionless In White and Atreyu, the band will share the stage with Steel Panther for a handful of dates at the end of May through the beginning of June. Tickets are available starting today and can be purchased
Wilson recently released the carpool karaoke style music video for their "F*ck Up My High" remix featuring Hyro The Hero. Fans can check out the music video HERE.
The band will be on tour in support of their latest release, Tasty Nasty, which came out this past summer via RED MUSIC. The album was produced by the band and Scott "The Ninja" Stevens (American Authors, Shinedown, Sick Puppies). Fans can purchase and stream Tasty Nasty HERE.
From the infectious chant of album opener "Dumptruck" to the reflective introspection of closer "Everyone Gets A Round On Me," it is apparent that Wilson has not lost their ability to tell a great story. Songs like "My Hustle," "Summertime Treat (Tasty Nasty)" and "Fuck Up My High" all showcase the diverse musical styles Wilson incorporates in to their latest album. The debut single "Like A Baller" is an instant classic among the band's devoted faithful. The video for the song, produced and directed by Raymond Rivard and Chad Nicefield for Tradesmen Films, follows the adventures of a parking valet as he travels the journey of life and can be seen HERE. Fans can also check out the ATARI inspired lyric video for the song "Dumptruck" which can be seen HERE.
Wilson formed in 2010 when the members came together in Detroit, MI. After two previous full-length releases Fullblast Fuckery in 2013 and Right To Rise in 2015, the bandis back in 2018 with an all new album, record label, outlook on their career and musical direction combining their unique brand of in-your-face rock n roll with an influence of Hip-Hop and their love of all things 90s. Wilson is Chad Nicefield (vocals), Jason Spencer (lead guitars), Kyle Landry (rhythm guitars), James Lascu (bass) and Matt Puhy (drums).
WILSON TOUR DATES
w/Motionless In White and Atreyu
April 15 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
April 16 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
April 18 – Corpus Christi, TX – Brewsters
April 19 – Odessa, TX – Dos Amigos
April 20 – Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Pavillion (KFMX Radio Show)
April 22 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
April 24 – Green Bay, WI – Green Bay Distillery
April 25 – Fargo, ND – The Sanctuary
April 26 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre
April 27 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
April 29 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly's
April 30 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
May 3 – Jacksonville, FL – Welcome to Rockville*
May 5 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
May 6 – London, ON – London Music Hall
May 8 – Lynchburg, VA – Phase 2
May 9 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & The Mine
May 10 – Rockingham, NC – Epicenter Festival*
May 25 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
w/Steel Panther
May 26 – Destin, FL – Club LA
May 28 – Jacksonville, FL – Mavericks Live
May 29 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City
May 30 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
May 31 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
June 1 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
June 2 – Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose
July 13 – Village Of Clarkston, MI – Riff Fest*
*festival dates
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Martin Keown names Arsenal star who isn't fit to wear Gunners shirt
The Arsenal legend claims Mesut Ozil isn't fit to wear the Gunners shirt after their Europa League eixt
By The Sport Review
Saturday 5 May 2018, 09:15 UK
Arsenal star Mesut Ozil Photo: Adidas
Martin Keown believes Mesut Ozil isn't fit to wear the Arsenal shirt following his disappointing performance in their 1-0 loss to Atletico Madrid to exit the Europa League on Thursday night.
Ozil was unable to help Arsenal capitalise on Atletico's numerical disadvantage in the first leg of the semi-final clash at The Emirates after Antoine Griezmann cancelled out Alexandre Lacazette's opener to secure a 1-1 draw.
The Germany international was unable to unlock the Atletico defence as Diego Costa netted a winner on the stroke of half-time to seal a 2-1 aggregate victory for Diego Simeone's men in the Spanish capital.
Ozil was linked with a potential move to Manchester United in the January transfer window before the World Cup winner put pen to paper on a new long-term deal with the north London side in February.
Indeed, Arsenal made the former Schalke 04 playmaker one of the best-paid players in the Premier League after Ozil put pen to paper on a staggering £350,000-a-week contract at The Emirates.
Former Arsenal defender Keown isn't impressed with Ozil's contribution to the Gunners, particularly this season.
"(Arsene) Wenger has invested an awful lot of money in this player and I'm not seeing a performance to go with it. He wasn't fit to wear the shirt for me tonight and I've seen this a lot," Keown told the Daily Mail.
"I've seen this a lot this season and it needs to be said because he needs to be dug out, because we expect better from him, he's a World Cup winner and these are crocodile tears I'm seeing from the player, he's not conning me.
"Listen, I've had my say on it and I feel that he's not giving enough for Arsenal Football Club and maybe Wenger should come out and say a little bit more about some of these players that should have performed for him, and he hasn't."
Arsenal signed Ozil in a £42.5m deal from La Liga giants Real Madrid in the 2013 summer transfer window to smash their transfer record.
Mohamed Salah credits Jurgen Klopp for incredible Liverpool FC form
Liverpool FC star admits he is unsure about his future beyond the summer


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I love this page. Poor Victor, I tried to build a character that was always surrounded by insanity. So much in fact that you can no longer tell what's in his head. Are his neighbors jerks that keep him awake, or is he keeping himself awake with his problems?
Something I've noticed about delusional people is that other people just let them be delusional. Other people rarely interject and set them straight. I can't tell if it's because people generally avoid conflict or they know it's a waste of breath. I guess this comic questions the idea of, can someone who's hardwired a certain way change? I guess we'll see. Also, who is this new person in Victor's room, maybe we'll find out next week.
This weeks music was courtesy of my comic buddy Jen Vaughn over at Mermaid Hostel Go check her out.
U just keep getting better and better. Loving this one, and great work with the lettering too.
Poor guy can't even keep his thoughts to himself, and boy the walls are really thin at his place.
So much for sleep tonight, got his visitor back now.
He's a horrendous old mess.


One of the most important factors in successful planning efforts for the upcoming school year is timely and accurate enrollment data. The sooner you are able to receive this information through your re-enrollment efforts, the better the position you will be in to determine and allocate the resources required to fulfill your mission and provide the level of quality education your families expect. Unfortunately, employing traditional methods of re-enrollment can lead to a long, drawn out process, one involving much stress and uncertainty.
Interested in discovering a less stressful, more productive and timely way to conduct your school re-enrollment process? If so, have you considered moving from the more traditional opt-in approach to the opt-out process of continuous re-enrollment? If not, here are three reasons to do so.
Traditionally, re-enrollment has been an opt-in process. In other words, each year families are asked "are you going to return?" And, like it or not, this question assumes there is a reason why they wouldn't want to re-enroll. Furthermore, this process leads families to view their involvement with the school as an annual transaction rather than a long-term commitment.
Continuous re-enrollment, on the other hand, assumes that families want to return the following year. Similar to a car lease or mortgage, it is more than an annual transaction, there is a term associated with enrollment. One that implies a long-term commitment.
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Columbus, OH —– Dominick R. Santarelli, 83, of Scranton, Pa., formerly of Jessup, died Oct. 19, 2018, at home.
Born in Peckville, June 11, 1935, he was the son of Armand and Jennie Agostini Santarelli. He graduated from Jessup High School in 1953.
He excelled in baseball and football in high school and was chosen athlete of the week. He was sought after by professional baseball and football teams alike. He pitched several no-hit, no-run games; he lost only one game in three years. He was an avid sportsman, hunting and fishing throughout his whole life.
Most of his career involved managing horse farms in New Jersey, including Lana Lobell. The last 20 years of his career he was manager of Southwind Farms in Pennington, N.J. He became world renowned for his skills in breeding horses for harness racing, especially the world champion Valley Victory, and owned many award winning horses.
He is survived by a daughter, Donna Florimonte (Don Strasburger); sister, Joyce (Patrick) McDonnell; nephew, Patrick (Linda) McDonnell and their son, Matthew Christian McDonnell; and niece, Michelle (Joseph) Minelli. He was preceded in death by a son, Dominick, "Chipper".


is the silence that comes after everyone is gone.
as the perfect ending to the day.
Posted in 2013 diary, a kitchen affair on February 17, 2013 by Sara.
The smell of something baking is probably one of the best smells ever.
It may not last long but, boy! does it lift my spirits.
This special batch was made for R., as I hadn't baked in a while and he was craving something sweet. Found a few recipes that caught my attention, one of them was kind of streudel-like and I kept the recipe for some other time and decided to go with the easier, quicker one. Mr. Valentine liked them but we both agreed that it should have been in the oven for a while longer so as to get crispier on top.
Posted in a kitchen affair on February 14, 2013 by Sara.
What to do when you spend a whole day listening to the rain fall?
You turn your Friday night into a brownie indulgence fest.
when you've got brownies to help you munch down the winter blues!
Posted in a kitchen affair on November 17, 2012 by Sara.
Dad had his 59th birthday this year and even though he's not much of a sweet tooth, I knew this particular cake would convince him to give into a bite or two.
Can't get much manlier than a Guinness-infused chocolate cake (recipe from The Stone Soup), right?
Posted in a kitchen affair on June 19, 2012 by Sara.
With extra apple, he said.
He didn't ask for much, nor did he want to be showered with gifts so baking a cake he has grown to be fond of, seemed like a great way to gift him with something I'd be delighted to give. It may not be everlasting or have a solid battery life but… it's always made from the heart.
And because I didn't want to leave Kiddo with nothing to feast upon, a batch of carrot cupcakes came out smelling delicious in the middle of the night. To compensate for the lack of frosting – yet to be tried out although its sugary flavour doesn't appeal much to me -, I came up with some poorly-executed DIY paper decorations.
Posted in a kitchen affair on May 16, 2012 by Sara.
Adding a sprinkle of pistachio on these soft scone tops was a stroke of genius, if I may so humbly say.
Posted in a kitchen affair on May 11, 2012 by Sara.
a batch of scones and an apple cake, to make coming back even sweeter (and with a zing of flavour)!
Posted in a kitchen affair on April 1, 2012 by Sara.
Never tried until this day.
Homemade, though not by neither of us.
Seriously, what's not to like about a steamed bun with wonderfully seasoned pork meat on the inside? A pocketful of deliciousness. Granted, mediterranean-inspired salad with Mexican fries and queso fresco may be far from what you'd expect as side dishes to Cha Siu Bao but… even so, the whole meal was heaven-sent.
Posted in a kitchen affair on March 23, 2012 by Sara.
There was red berries jam, butter, prosciutto, all sorts of cheese… a (dis)array of stuffings to accommodate scones in all shapes and sizes. And, to top it all off – as all of that wasn't enough – mom brought a full plate of red berries crumble.
The universe can be so belly-kind.
It was only a matter of time, you know? A few cloudy, rainy days came along and it seemed like the perfect timing to venture onto some scone bakin'. Fluffy, moist, plain, with raisins, blueberries, too big for a mouth to take in one single bite or small enough to fit into one's hand… There are scone recipes to every liking and who here can resist them?
Well, we just had to invite my parents over for a tasting, now didn't we?


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Man 'kidnapped and raped 15-year-old girl – then used Google Translate to tell her she was pretty'
Man, 33, who can't speak English is arrested after he 'kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl – and then used Google Translate to tell her she looked pretty while driving her back to her school'
Victor Emandes-Ramirez, from North Carolina, is accused of kidnapping the teen as she walked to a bus stop, driving her to a shed and raping her on January 9
He then used Google Translate to tell his victim she looked pretty and to warn her to not tell anyone what happened
The victim told investigators the man was called 'Victor' and video surveillance showed her getting out of a vehicle matching the suspect's Hyundai Sonata
Emandes-Ramirez, charged with first-degree kidnapping, statutory rape of a child, and statutory sex offense with a child, will appear in court on January 30
By Rachel Sharp For Dailymail.com
A man, 33, who does not speak English allegedly kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl – and then used Google Translate to tell her she looked pretty while driving her back to her school.
Victor Emandes-Ramirez, from North Carolina, is accused of kidnapping the teenager as she walked to a bus stop, driving her to a shed behind a nearby home and raping her on January 9.
After the assault, the suspect took the victim back to his car and drove her to her school, according to officials.
Victor Emandes-Ramirez, 33 (pictured), is accused of kidnapping the teenager as she walked to a bus stop, driving her to a shed behind a nearby home and raping her on January 9
He then used the Google Translate app on his cellphone to translate his Spanish into English and tell his victim that she looked pretty and to warn her to not tell anyone what had happened, warrants say.
Police were called to a Wake County high school at 7.35 am after the girl reported the rape off Pearces Road north of Zebulon.
The Wake County Sheriff's Office picked up Emandes-Ramirez later that same day, after the victim told investigators the man was called 'Victor.' Video surveillance showed the girl getting out of a vehicle matching the suspect's Hyundai Sonata.
The suspect, who does not speak English, used Google Translate on his cellphone to translate his Spanish to English to tell his victim she looked pretty, according to reports
He also used the app to warn her to not tell anyone what had happened as he drove her back to school after the attack, warrants say
The suspect was wearing white pants with paint on them at the time, she told police.
The victim's father told WRAL that news of the assault on his daughter was distressing.
'It was one of the worst phone calls you could ever get and one of the hardest things to deal with. We're going to get through it. It's just tough, it really is, but my main goal is to try to make her better,' he said.
'It could have gone a lot of different ways, but luckily, the sheriff got him before I did. I hope he gets life in prison, and I hope he gets tortured every day of his life.'
Emandes-Ramirez has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, statutory rape of a child 15 years of age or younger, and statutory sex offense with a child 15 years of age or younger. He is being held in Wake County Detention Center (pictured above)
Emandes-Ramirez, from Wake County, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, statutory rape of a child 15 years of age or younger, and statutory sex offense with a child 15 years of age or younger.
He is being held in Wake County Detention Center on a $1 million bond and will appear in court on January 30.
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